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Re-examining capital punishment

Disaster relief update

The latest on Virginia Baptists' disaster relief ministries. • Hurricane Wilma: Virginia Baptist Disaster Relief teams are once more springing into action to assist victims of Hurricane Wilma in Florida. Our feeding unit that had been assigned to Slidell, La.,…

Empowered to serve

Cover story for October 27, 2005 For more than a month, Virginia Baptists have been among hundreds-maybe thousands-of volunteers from across the country who have made their way to the Gulf Coast to help victims of the two hurricanes that…

Baptist, other leaders cite Rosa Parks as paragon of Christian conscience

DETROIT (ABP) — Reacting to news of Rosa Parks' death Oct. 25, Christian leaders said Jesus was the model for the woman who kept her bus seat in order to stand against injustice. “She saw her participation in the struggle…

23 churches destroyed or damaged as Hurricane Wilma slashes Florida

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — At least two Baptist churches reportedly were destroyed in Florida and 21 others damaged Oct. 24 as Hurricane Wilma cut a diagonal swath across the southern tip of the state, which has weathered eight hurricanes in…

Baptist workers aid quake victims, provide shelter from Pakistani winter

NORTHERN PAKISTAN (ABP) — Despite early positive hints of life beneath the ruins of schools in northern Pakistan, no survivors were found by the search-and-rescue team from Hungarian Baptist Aid, which arrived in the region two days after the Oct….

Holistic CBF ministry plants seeds in northern Thailand

NORTHERN THAILAND (ABP) — As they pour scalding green tea into plastic cups and pass it to their guests sitting on mats on the concrete ﬂoor of the “head man's” home, the Palaung villagers explain the benefits of being in…

Trustee resigns when seminary changes plan to name building for Patterson

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (ABP) — A trustee of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary resigned Oct. 11 shortly after questioning a plan to name a building for former seminary president Paige Patterson and his wife, Dorothy. Richard Headrick, a trustee from Laurel,…

Correction:

In the Oct. 21 ABP story “Action on budget, gays, trustees, exec show conservatives' muscle in N.C.,” David Horton was mistakenly identified as a speaker at a rally at Southeastern Seminary. To correct the mistake, make the two corrections below….

Action on budget, gays, trustees, exec show conservatives’ muscle in N.C.

N.C. Baptists will be asked to vote on stricter homosexuality policy

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (ABP) — Baptists in North Carolina next month will be asked to place new restrictions on churches that condone homosexuality, creating perhaps the most specific ban of gay-friendly churches in Southern Baptist life. The president of a…

Officials propose grants, other payments to Katrina-affected religious groups

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Hurricane Katrina's storm surge continues to muddy the line between church and state, as administration officials and some members of Congress are proposing aid to religious institutions in the disaster's wake. A group of senators — including…

What you’re not seeing: Tens of thousands of children separated from parents

The way we were

Talarico’s pastor pushes back on Daily Wire’s claims

Spiritual formation is how churches learn whom to hear